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Grichuk had good at bats every time up. Cowart did as well. As I said, his swing looks effortless. He got a double early in the game and walked in the 8th if I remember right. Cron is pretty damn wild with his swings. He swung and missed at some pitches that he should have undoubtedly taken. He did get a double that should have scored Cowart (but the 3rd base coach held him at 3rd) later on in the day. His power is really obvious though. Every time he made contact with the ball, it was hit really hard.

I didn't really see anything too special out of Lindsey tonight. Just a decent eye. Took some pitches but I don't remember if he got on base at all or not.

Basically, all the guys that are supposed to kick *** at Single A did okay. And everyone else was just plain atrocious.

He has raised his average over 85 points. He has cut down on his strikeouts while improving his walk rate. He has improve his SLG% by over 175 points. There are still things he needs to work on, a 5% walk rate in Advanced Single-A isnt going to cut it. But Grichuk is still a very young player, he turns 21 in a week or so. Grichuk has kind of always been a slow starter I remember when he was first drafted he struggled for the first month or so and then went absolute crazy to finish the season. Grichuk missed a lot of time over the 2010 and 2011 seasons, he played in only 98 games (non rehab games) so maybe in the beginning of the year he was getting the cobwebs out of his system. Hopefully Grichuk can keep this up the rest of the season.

Michael Roth was our 9th round pick and he was one of our last draft picks to sign because his team made their third straight College World Series, they couldn't three-peat after winning the first two. Roth was the ace of the staff, but he wasn't much of a strikeout pitcher, he struck out only only 6.1 batters every 9 innings. He did show good command in college walking on 2.7 batters every 9. Roth threw 137 innings in his senior season so the Angels have put him on a 30 pitch limit every start, so in 6 games he has only thrown 11.1 innings, but in those 11.1 innings his numbers have been opposite of what they were in college. He is striking out nearly 9 batters every 9 innings, while walking 4.9 per 9. Roth is likely going to need very good command if he ever reaches the big leagues. He throws a fastball that sits in the 85-89 MPH range, a change up (his best pitch), a slider, and a curve. Roth has done a good job of limiting hits, opponents are hitting .158 against him. He is also doing a very good job of keeping the ball on the ground, with a 2.50 GO/AO ratio, he is going to need to continue to do this if he wants to be successful. Roth is already 22 years old, so that paired with the lack of starting pitching depth in our system, especially left handed pitching, Roth will likely move through the system fairly quickly. Roth will probably start next season with the 66ers in Advanced Single-A, if shows the command he showed in college and continues to keep getting outs on the ground he could be in Double-A by the end of the season.

He has raised his average over 85 points. He has cut down on his strikeouts while improving his walk rate. He has improve his SLG% by over 175 points. There are still things he needs to work on, a 5% walk rate in Advanced Single-A isnt going to cut it. But Grichuk is still a very young player, he turns 21 in a week or so. Grichuk has kind of always been a slow starter I remember when he was first drafted he struggled for the first month or so and then went absolute crazy to finish the season. Grichuk missed a lot of time over the 2010 and 2011 seasons, he played in only 98 games (non rehab games) so maybe in the beginning of the year he was getting the cobwebs out of his system. Hopefully Grichuk can keep this up the rest of the season.

thanks bro, sorry it took me so long to get to this, but i havent had internet access for like 3 days,

this is why he excites me, natural power swing, great bat speed, btw he doesn't have do anything in Anaheim, he could be a trade chip which would be fine too. he does need to walk more, though his june/july numbers are promising, his obp is about 50 points above the avg, and i think he will improve his defense with time, not everyone can come out of high school with a gold glove

thanks bro, sorry it took me so long to get to this, but i havent had internet access for like 3 days,

this is why he excites me, natural power swing, great bat speed, btw he doesn't have do anything in Anaheim, he could be a trade chip which would be fine too. he does need to walk more, though his june/july numbers are promising, his obp is about 50 points above the avg, and i think he will improve his defense with time, not everyone can come out of high school with a gold glove

From what i've heard/seen hes already pretty good defensively and has a good arm. Hes been playing CF lately but his future is as a corner OF

Originally Posted by Halo4life

vlady after the angel game today they were talking about someone that angels can call up to help with the pen?

is he any good?

Steven Geltz? I'm not sure who they were talking about I always turn from the post game show. I assume its him though since he is probably the best option out of the pen. He was very good in Double-A this season, he has been good but not as good in Triple-A. Geltz is an extreme fly ball pitcher 0.45 GO/AO ratio in the minors this season so our defense in the OF will be a big help for him if and when he is called up.